WorksheetsCNSL 521 Presentation
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
For students: Which piece of information would a college or university NOT reach out about over the summer before starting your freshman year there?
placement testing
your summer reading list
on-campus housing information
meal plan information
For students: What is the FAFSA?
A form completed by current and prospective colleges students and/or their parents to determine eligibility for federal financial aid
A form to apply for private loans
A form to receive health insurance through your college or university
A security deposit
For counselors: A school counselor is helping a senior narrow down possibilities for selection of a college major. The school counselor takes an action-oriented approach to assisting their student, helping them recognize and create opportunities to explore potential majors and corresponding careers. The counselor uses one or two assessments to spark conversation with the student, but primarily encourages exploratory actions, such as shadowing a current college student in a major that interests them. Which theoretical approach best matches this counselor’s style?
Social Cognitive
Holland
Super
Happenstance
For students: True or False: Everyone graduates from a 4 year college after high school.
True
False
For students: Which is NOT correct?
In order to attend college, you have to fill out forms
You can go to college without paying part of the tuition
You have to take at least 5 years of college to get a job (any job)
College can help you get a job
For counselors: A school counselor is planning a career development lesson focused on helping preteens expand their self-understanding. Which of the following types of assessments would likely be most effective to use in conjunction with this lesson?
interest inventories
achievement tests
behavioral observations
intelligence tests
For students: What do you think is a more effective indicator of student success and retention in college?
Strong SAT scores
High GPA
Extra-curricular involvement
Perseverance and long-term goals
For students: What do you think is the best predictor of students having high career aspirations?
Being enrolled in multiple AP Courses
Frequency and perceived meaningfulness of meetings with school counselor
Student’s parents attended Ivy League Schools
For counselors: Which message do you think a school counselor should prioritize to students who are setting college goals?
The Learning Skills required for college success are malleable, and we can teach you how to grow in them
Get good grades
Get involved in your community and in extracurricular activities to build your college resume
For counselors: When a student is performing poorly academically and struggling behaviorally in school, what should the school counselor prioritize?
Helping the student make a plan to get their grades up
Developing a behavioral plan for the student with incentives for meeting targets
Focusing on the students social emotional health and wellbeing
For students: Which of the following statements are true:
Advanced placement courses allow me to earn college credit while in high school, upon successful completion of the AP examination.
Dual enrollment courses allow me to take college level courses to earn college credit, while in high school.
Taking higher level courses such as Advanced Placement courses, and ECE courses, will help me to be successful in college.
All of the above
For students: True or False: I am aware of the AP and ECE courses available to me.
True
False
For counselors: True or False: Parental influence is a major factor in the decision making for first-generation college bound students.
True
False
For Counselors: True or False: Minority students are enrolling in college at rates closer to their White peers, however rates of conferred degrees are significantly lagging behind their White peers.
True
False
